Metacognitive ability from a theory-of-mind perspective: a cross-cultural study of students with and without hearing loss.
Author: al Hilawani YA, Easterbrooks SR, Marchant GJ.
Source:
American Annals of the Deaf, 38-47
Theory of Mind (see, e.g., Bartsch & Estes, 1996) is a concept that can help
educators understand how students think about their state of mind and that of
others involved in various life situations. To examine the impact of culture and
the impact of hearing loss on metacognition as explained by Theory of Mind, two
samples of students with and without hearing losses who were from two different
cultures were compared on their ability to choose pictures representing their
perspectives on specific life situations. The two groups did not differ in their
metacognitive interpretations of the experiences when they were from the same
culture, although students from different cultures did differ, indicating that
culture may have a greater impact on metacognition as explained by Theory of Mind
than hearing loss. Data collected in the present study affirmed previous research
showing that students with hearing losses could make metacognitive decisions
about life situations just as ably as their hearing peers from the same culture.